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Does this seem fair??
So I know its a stupid thing to get upset about, but my computer mouse is dodgy and its really hard to press down on the left button - which is the one used the most, the right button doesnt even work. I have this thing with my wrist where the bone bit sticks out and it hurts so much 24/7, so obviously using this computer mouse would just make it so much more worse. I've had to put up with this for months now.
I'm forever asking my mum to buy me a new one but she'd always say "oh next week when I get paid". And it's the same excuse all the time.
So, last night my brother got annoyed at his computer mouse because it's been freezing these past couple of days. So he went into the garden and smashed it up with a baseball bat. He's 18, has a job and earns money.
I got home from school today and my mum tells me she needs to go out to buy my brother a new mouse. How bloody unfair is that! I'm 15, it's not like I get any kind of income (not even pocket money) to afford to buy myself one! And my brother earns enough money to buy himself one (just to let you know I haven't misunderstood my mum - she IS paying for it).
I'm just sooo fed up of her treating him like he's royalty. She jumps around for him the SECOND he needs something. But me, no when I need something it gets put off for a month or so. She's also just constantly annoyed at me. It's like everything I do is just completely wrong. I mean, I do have to admit my brother is a lot easier to live with now. But, when we were younger he was a COMPLETE IDIOT! He ALWAYS got his way with my mum (just like now!), which just annoyed me even more then I got into even more trouble. I'm just so sick of him getting everything he wants and everything he needs off my mum (my problem isn't with my brother - I get on really well with him). Obviously I do ask for money from my mum when I want to buy maybe a new top or jeans or something (I mostly get that money from my dad though!), she would moan about it as usual - I mean I am not going out in clothes that are over a year old, she just doesn't understand I DO NOT earn my own money. She's always telling me to get a Saturday job. I have asked literally everywhere in town. Nowhere. Plus, I'm in my last year of compulsory school, I do need time for revising and such (plus I have mock exams for the next 2 weeks!). I mean, surely girls at the age of 15 do not have to earn and pay for themselves for EVERYTHING!?
Sorry this may be a bit long, I guess it's more of a rant then a question. But, any ideas on what to do or how to deal with this?
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Sit your mother down and tell her how you feel say you've got school and that you shouldn't be worrying about getting a job you should be acting like a kid and enjoying life not worrying about having adult responsiblites talking is better then not saying anything at all keeping everything your feeling to yourself isn't healthy
tell your mother you'd like to be treated equally
so your not getting pushed aside you'd like more attention from her explain to your parents the situation with the mouse pad if your mother doesn't budge then go onto your father :)
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Don't let it get to you. This sort of thing happens in every family. One kid just seems to get more than the others. It happened to me when I was your age. My older sister got more than me and didn't have to ask twice. I was lucky to get what I asked for after the hundreth time, but didn't always get what I wanted or felt I needed.
My older sister got horseback riding lessons when we were kids. I asked for lessons and my mother said she didn't have the money to send both of us. Then a few months later, my younger sister asked for riding lessons and before you know it, she was flying over those jumps like nobody's business! I never did get lessons. Go figure. If there's any consolation in this, take heart...I now have my own horse farm and ride whenever I please, whichever horse I please! My sisters can't say the same as they don't have the money to pursue equestrian sports, no less own a farm and horses, now that they are adults.
Things have a way of working out in the end, don't you think?
Ask dad for the mouse.
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